On May 7, the board voted, 4 to 1, to allow Jason Southwood to convert the former seasonally-operated Cone Zone at 2028 Western Ave. into a year-round retail dispensary.

The developers of the 72-unit affordable and workforce housing proposal on Mercy Care Lane met with the Guilderland’s Development Planning Committee in December, when no formal application had been submitted to the town. 

The known risks associated with using sewer sludge as fertilizer are complicated by Governor Kathy Hochul’s goal of recycling 85 percent of all waste in the state since the use of biosolids is one way being promoted by the state to help reach that objective. 

The agency is working to define what constitutes workforce housing

Voters won’t be asked to choose a library trustee as incumbent Sarah Brunt is unopposed for her seat. 

VOORHEESVILLE — For more than a decade, the village of Voorheesville has pursued a seemingly simple goal: silence. 

The village property tax rate is set to increase 1.43 percent next year, from about $1.36 per $1,000 of assessed value this year to approximately $1.38 per $1,000 next year.

If approved, next year’s budget would represent a 0.15-percent increase over this year and a nearly 6 percent increase in the property tax levy.

The plan will now be folded into the town’s 2018 comprehensive plan and “used as a reference tool in the development, management, and protection of New Scotland’s natural resources, and in making future land use decisions,” the resolution adopting the plan states.

“When they got here, the roof was on fire. They knocked it down fast. Nobody was home. So everybody’s safe and sound, just property damage,” Thomas Cascone, Voorheesville’s fire chief, told the media at the scene.